Soda-fountain.



No. 886,882. PATENTED MAY 5, 1908.

H. K. SMITH.

SODA FOUNTAIN.

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HAMPTON K. SMITH, OF UNION, SOUTH CAROLINAQ To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that I, HAMPTON K. SMITI a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Union, in the county of Union and State of I South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soda-Fountains,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention fountains; and consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and clalmed.

' In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation, parts being removed, of a sodafountain invention. cal cross-section on about line, 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged vertical cross-section of a portion .of the fountain, the section being drawn through the dispensing devices and the s rup jar. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on about ine 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the retaining stri jar neck in connection wit the front p ate. Fig. 6 is a detail perspect1ve. vieW of the'upper portion of the jar,-

showing the neck thereon. Fig. 6 is a detail erspective'view of the up er portion of the rent plate. Fig. 7 is a etall perspective view of the ump piston. Fig. 8 isa crosssection on a out line 88 ofFig. 7. Fig. 9 is a cross-section on'about line 99 of Fi 3.

I Fig. 10 is a detail diagrammatic view i ussection on about line trating one'of the electric circuits employed in connection with the syrup dispensing devices. F ig. 11 is a front view partly in sec tion illustrating the means for operating the syrup dispensing devices. Fi 12 is a crosssection on about line 12-12 of Fig. 11. Fig. 12" is a detail section on' about line 12-.12 of Fig. 12. Fig. 13 isa detail vertical section on about line 13-13-of Fig. 11-, illustratin the push devices for closing the circuit an for automatically connecting the frame, common to the several syrup dispensing devices with the predetermined bar for o crating any particularone ofsaid dispensing evices. Fig. 14 is a horizontal section on about the line 14.14 of Fig. 12. Fig. 15 is a detail vertical 1515ofFig. 1.4. Fig. 16 is a detail enlar ed view illustratingthe terminals of one o the electric circuits. Figs. 17 and 18 are detail perspective views illustrating the'means for operating .the syrup dispensing devices. Fig. 19 is a detail perspective view showing frame and a portion of the cushion cylinder.

Fig. 20 is a front elevation partly in section, ,'or portions D Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 19;

is an improvement in soda.

Fig. '2 is a verti-.

rests at its lower flat side Iectmg flange C asshown in F1gs.'3 an in the neck A,

the sliding armature SODA-FOUNTAIN.

Patented'May 5', 190a. 1901. Serial No. 893,595.

showing the'magnet, the sliding armature frame, uide'rails for said frame and the piston and its red. Fi 21 is a cross-section on about line 2121 of ig. 20. Fig. 22 is a detail top plan view of the iston. Fi 23 is a cross-sectional view of t e piston, fiustrating the valves therein. Fig. 24 is a detail longitudinal section of a portion of one of the syrup dispensing devices, illustratin a hand operated slide for use in dis pensin r t e syrup in case the electrical devices shou d be out of order. Fig. 25 is a cross-section on about line 2525 of Fig. 24. Fig 26 is a detail perspective view of the hand operated slide shown in Fig. 24. g i he fountain, as best shown in Fig. l, is provided with a number of syrup-d spensmg devices and these are preferably arranged in a plurality of series. As shown, I provide five syrup jars A and their respective dispensing devices B in each series, but manifestly the number of jars in each series may be varied Without departing from some of the principles of my invention. eral jars A and their individual front plates 0 are alike, and the several dispensing devices are alike will serve for all. r

The jar A is provided near its upper end with the forwardly pro'ecting neck A through which it-may be filled, and this neck A is curved on its upper side and rooved at A in such curved upper side, and thelower side of the neck is flat and the neck projects through anopening C in the plate 0 and upon a shelf 0 projecting forwardly in line with the lower side of the opening C in the front plate C. This shelf at its front edge has an upwardly rohe neck A projects through the opening C and rests at its flat lower side upon the shelf C abutting the flange C and the retaining strip D shown in detail in Fig. 5, is applied as shown in Fig. 3 to the upper. curved edge of the neck A and has on i is inner side a curved bead D which enters the groove A as shown in Fig. 3, and holds the neck in the position shown in. Fig. 3, a screw D being applied, as shown in. Fig. 3, to prevent any disp acement of the retaining striplD when the latter is applied.

e screw D operates to hold the retainat its upper edge and at its lower retaining strip is provided with lugs which engage in rear of the up.-

ing stri end sai so a description of one of each of the receive the u per edge of the closure as may right flange C of the shelf G and hold the stri at such points in enga ement with the shelf, as will be understood rom Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings.

The retaining strip 1) is undercut at A to late A, which may 0 utilized to receive t 1e name articular syrup, and engages at its lower e go with a spring (J mounted on the flange C of the shelf 0 of the front plate. By this construction the 'ar may be conveniently held to the front p ate and the closure late may be readily removed and applied or the ur ose of filling the jar, or otherwise, bo desired in the use of the invention.

The front late is provided with an upright series 0 openings (1 and the jar is provided withv a series of forwardly projecting the jar A indicating hollow tubular protuberances A whlch enter the openin s O, and being hollow, expose at the front 0% the fountain the contents of v the height of the syrup mthe jarwhich is useful to the partymanipulating the fountain and the protuberances also form attractive features at the front of the fountain.

The plate 0 and the jar are provided in their lower ends, respectively, with openings O" and A" for the syru (lispensin device. This includes a cylinder having in ct openings E within the syrup jar, and the crossthe latter being adjacent partition E between the said openings E, to the partition, and the cylinder also having discharge openings E in its front end adjacent to the )artitions E and communicating throu h ranch pipes E connection E with the outlet tube E, which extends outwardly through the opening A and within the casing F and communicates through a valve chamber E with the discharge noz zle E, as will be understood from Fig. 3, of the drawings. Valves E and E are provided,' res ectively, in the' valve chambers E and a and operate as cheeks and are best shown in Fig.3 of the drawings. The casing 1 may be ornamented in any suitable way and hasa plate F held within the opening A" and forms an ornamental finish for the syrup discharging devices. piston operates in the cylinder E and comprises blades G spaced apart at G at their inner edges to operate pro erly on o posits sides of the central shaft E within tie cylinder E, and the 'piston blades G are provided with valved openings G see-Figs. 7 and 8, are connected at one end by the end plate G and at their other ends by the plate G to which is fixed the forwardly rejecting tube (1: having the rack segment ,slotted at G for the passage of the connection E and extending outwardly within the casing-F and surrounding the tu e E and having at or ment by the cams H a valve chamber E and t e iiigure. 'It will be holders electrically slide 11, shown in Figs; 24 and 26 of the drawin s.

Tn operation, it will be noticed the piston is oseil ated within the cylinder and when the piston is in the position shown in Fig. 4, the chambers of the cylinder will fill through the openings E, then if the piston be moved from the posltion shown in full lines Fig. 4, to the dotted line position shown in the same figure,

the syru in the chambers of the cylinder will be force throu h the connections E, E, E, and into the tu )e E, and thence through the chamber E and discharge through the nozzle E The piston is given this forcible operation bv out through the openings E, thence electrically operated means which ac tuatc the dis ensing devices, as will be fully described, an for readjusting the )iston from the position shown in dotted lines Fig. 4 to that shown in full lines in the same figure, I emp oy a spring I encircling the tube and suitably secured at its ends to readjust said tube and the piston carried thereby in the operation of the invention. If at any time the electrical devices should become ino Jerative or fail for any reason to act, the cap of the casing F may be unscrewed at F, and the slide H, shown in Figs. 24 and 25, be applied for turning the piston. This shde has the cam surfaces H to engage the studs G and is also irovided with the longitudinal slotvH Whic receives the projecting nozzle tube E", which operates to prevent the slide from turningso that as the slide is forced inwardly from the position shown in Fig. 24, it will by its cam surfaces H operate to turn the pistonfrom the position shown in full lines Fig. 4 to the position shown in dotted lines in the 'same understood that the dispensing devices of the several jars are constructed alike, so that the foregoing description of one will answer for all.

In connection with the syrup holders and the devices for dispensing syrup therefrom, I provide electrically operated means for actuating the dispensing devices, and I provide in connection with the individual 'spensing devices in the respective syrup operated means for actustyrup dispensing devices 'nd it ating the respective 1 desirable to :PTUrand in doing this, I vide means vice of any particular syrup holder for actuation by the electrically operated means. In the construction shown I effect this by the aid of a movable frame common to the several dispensing devices andI arrange a series of intermediate devices between the individual devices and such movable frame together with individual means for detachably connecting said intermediate devices with the frame so that the movement of the frame may cause the operation of any selected in-' termediate connectlon, and yet. will not operate any-of the other dispenslng devices of for selecting the dispensing de the other series." This movable frame is operated by the closin of the electric circuit in and is thus held ermanently in place.

valved at'O the valves the manner more in ly described and the selection'of the dispensing device for the particular syrup desired is preferably effected the operation of the same means that b V clbses the circuit for ener izing the magnets 'for operating the partlcu ar movable frame,,

all of which I will now describe more in detail.

For convenience, I usuall in a fountain of any considerable size divir e the syrup jars into sets and in Fig. 1', I .have shown three sets 1, 2 and 3, eachcomprising fivesyrup jars, but manifestly, the number of sets and the number of jars in each set may be varied without departing from the broad principles of my invention. In Fig. l, I show at the eft the magnets J and J for operating the movable frame of the said particular set 1, and

have also shownone of the magnets K of the set 2, the cover plates L for the magnets J J and K being removed to expose the same. The magnets are arranged in an electric circuit, as indicatedby dotted lines Fig. 1, and shown diagrammatically in Fig. 10, in which M and M may be wires from a street supply and the magnets may be wired up therewit so that when the terminals N are connected the circuit will be completed through the magnets J and J and such magnets will be ener ized and operate to lift their armatures O w iich connect with the frame P so the frame P will be caused to operate the dispensin devices in the manner more fully describe hereinafter. Manifestly', the wiring may be varied without departing from an'yof the principles of the invention, the ob'ect be ing to ener ize the magnets J and J w en the circuit is .c osed at N. The armature O is connected with the frame 0 which encircles. the cushioning cylinder The frame 0 is provided with rollers O operating on vertical rails 0", thus guiding as well as easing the operation of the armature. O is secured at to the casing of the foun tieiin 1e cushioning cylim er 0 is to prevent the too sudden operation of the frame P and to this end the cylinder 0 is provided at its upper end with a vent O, rovided with a valve so it may be regulate( and the said cylinder being open at its bottom is entered by a piston 0 connected with the armature and o ening upwardly so the piston may readily (lescend within the cylinder 0, but can only rise by forcing the air out of the vent 0 thus cushioning the operation of the armature as will be understood from the drawings.

At its lower end the armatures 0 connect with the frame P and the latter extends below the several jars of its set or series 1, 2 or out of connection with its rack bar The cylinder vertical position.

nets J and J so it will be elevated uniformly throu hout its length. While the frame P is moved throughout its len th at each operation it does not operate t e dispensing devices of the entire set of jars, but only the articular dispensing device selected as beore suggested.

The magnet operated frame P slides vertically in a guide frame mounted on the base Q and this uide frame has atop bar Q and guide rails 6 upon whichslide thevertical rack bars R which are meshed with their res ective se ments G on the piston tube he guide raine also includes uprights Q in advance of their respective guide rails Q and having an upright bead Q which forms a bearing for a roller S on: the slide S, which operates to detachably connect the rack bar R with the armature-operated frame P in the operation-of the a paratus. As shown, the means for detac ably connecting the frame P with the rack bars R consist of the slide S which is movable transversely in the frame I, has at one end the roller S which when it operates on one side of the head Q, say the left-hand side shown in i 15, is and is held in such position normally'by the s ring S see Fig. 12, and when the said. roller- S moves up on the other side of the beadQ,

say that at the right in Figs. 12 and 15, the

slide S will move at its end opposite the roller S into a socket R in the rack bar R,

and will thus operate to connect the frame I with the said rack bar R so that as the frame P moves u wardly it will carr with it the rack bar thus selected an such bar R will 0 crate its respective dispensing device as WiIl be understood from the drawin s.

5 It will be noticed on comparing l igs. 17 and 18 with Fig. 12 that the bar R of Fi s. 17 and 18 is cut off below the cog teeth of said bar and for such reason the said cog teeth do not show in such figures.

For easing the vertical movement of the frame P, I prefer to provide said frame with rollers P and P (Fig. 14) sliding on tracks provided in the uprights Q and Q and operatin to maintain the said frame P in its true For operating the slide S from the position shown in Figs. 12 and 14 on the front side of the bead Q to the position shown in Fig. 15 on the right side of said bead Q I provide a push block T movable transversely in guides T and arranged at one end T to bear. against the roller S and to move with said roller to a pointsufficiently to the rear to press the rollers S to the position shown in Fig. 15 in line with the rear of the bead Q so the said roller will pass u in rear of the bead Q when the frame is raised by the action of the magnets. This push block T is actuated by a manually operated circuit closing key U to which is connected a laterally extending arm Uhaving a lection of the. particular dispensing device to be operated, "this being accomplished by. means of the slides, as before described, and

' then after the said slide S has been adjusted 4 sipringhll" connecting it with the push block so t e key U in the form of" a-push button may be moved sufficiently to set the block T to position'to adjustlthe roller S to the point shownin Figwlfi in rear of the bead-Q and then the-saidke U ma be iven a further movement in or or to c ose t e electric circuit at N as will be understood from Figs. 1 and of the drawings. ThlS is desirable because it is important to firsteffect the seto the desired position-in which-it connects the frame F with the articular rack bar R desired, the circuit is osed,-thus ener zmg the magnets andcausing them to 1'1 t' the h frame P and the'selected rack bar R to opertion (innermost I so I contact W1 7 provide push buttons glass front lates U at the base of t e foun-.

ate. the dispensing devices, as desired in the operation of the invention; The upright pine P on the base Q are arranged to limit the downward movement ofthe magnet operated frame F, as will be understood from Fi .1 of the drawings. I y

in more fully describin the circuit closing devices, it ma be stated %hat the closingkey U is rovide with a depending lug or porposition passes between and in t the terminals at N as shown in dotted lines Fig. 16, and closes the circuit.

v It will be understood that the ,several manually operated keys are constructed alike so that anyone may be operated to bring into play its correspondin rack bar.

For operating the kc s .U, preferably operatm in the tain and a ining with their respective keys U. The plates U being of glass, expose the operatingdevices in the rear, and lamps may be arranged as shown at U in Fig. 2 to illuminate the operating devices so they will be readily visible from the frontof the fountain and form an attractive feature thereof.

In draining any leakage from the fountain, I find it desirable to provide a trough 10 below the syrup jars, a trough 12 at the base of the fountain below the trou h 10 and in.

. ated water and ipes being provided. leading from the severa troughs for conducting the waste oil at the rear ofthe fountain to any desired receptacle.

An important feature of my invention is the provision in a soda fountain in connec-' tion with a series of syrup holders and dis pensing devices thereof, of electrically controlled means for actuating the said dispenswhich when the key is pushed to its.

and effective manner, as described.

a For regulating the amount of syrup discharged at each operation of thedispensing device, I may in the construction shown in invention may be carried out in a simple Figs. 12 and 12 employ a stop screw W adjustable into any desired one of a series of sockets in the bar Q and enga ing at W with the'bottom of a slot in the rac R to limit the upward movement of the rack bar.- In the construction shown in Fig. 24,1 regulate the amount of syrup by means of the stop band der wlthin the opening ,W held adjustably on the slide Hb a screw W and abutting the discharge nozz e E andthus regulating the amount of fluid discharged. e

I claim v u r 1. The combination with a syrup jar and a front plate having alined openings, of a cylinof the jar and having inlet and outlet openings, a casing having a face plate held Within the opening of the front plate, said casing being provided at its outer end with a removable cap, a tube ex-' tending outwardly through the cylinder within the casing and havmg a dischar e nozzle at itsouter end, a partition within t e cylinder, a piston having blades operating on 'opposite sides of the partition and provided with valved openings, a tube connectingwith the piston and extending outwardly and encircling the cylinder tube and provided at its outer end with studs for engagement by a hand 0 erated slide, a spring operating upon saidtu e whereby to'readjust the piston, a rack on the piston tube, connections between the discharge openings of the cylinder and the cylinder tube, and electrically operated devices including a bar meshing with a toothed segment of the piston tube, substantially as set forth. 2. \The combination of a syrup jar, a front plate, a casing secured to the front late and encircling the syrup discharging evices, a cylinder in the jar and having a longitudinal partition and provided with a discharge tube extending outwardly through the casing, a piston operating in the cylinder and having lades on o osite sides of the partition and provided wit 1 an outwardly projecting tube encircling the discharge tube of the cylinder, and means operating upon said iston tube for actuating the piston, substan ially as set forth. Y

3. The combination with-the syru jar, of thecylinder therein and having in ets and outlets, branch pipes E leading from thedischarge openings of the cylinder, a valve chamber to, which said v.braneh ipes dis charge, a'discharge tube conn'ecte with said valve chamber, an oscillating piston in the cylinder, and a tube connected with such os' ioo f i if dilating .piston and encirclingthe discharge lube o' the cylinder, and means operating said piston tube, substantially as set forth.

The combination with a syrup jar and a piston constructed to oscillate therein, of a discharge tube in connection with the cylinder, a tube connected with the piston and encircling the cylinder discharge tube, and electrically operated means engaging with said piston tube for actuating the piston, suhstantiall), as set forth.

5. The combination with a syrup jarand a' a cylinder having a discharge tube, a piston operating in said cylinder and having a tube encircling the discharge tube of the cylinder,

power operated means for actuating the pis ton, and means on the piston tube for cngage- 'ment by hand actuatei devices, substantially as set forlh.

7. A soda fountain, comprising a series of syrup holders having dispensing devices, electrically controlled means for actuating said dispensing devices, and a series of manually operated circuit closing keys corresponding to the syrup holders, substantially as set forth.

8., In a soda water fountain having a series of syrup holders, individual dis ensing devices for the respective syrup iolders, electrically operated means for actuating the respective syrup dispensing devices, means for selecting the dispensing device ofany particular syrup holder for actuation by the electrically operated means and a series of circuit closing devices corresponding to the syrup holders and arranged to operate their respective selecting means, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination in a soda fountain of a series of syrup holders, individual disensing devices for the respective syrup olders, a movable part common to the several dispensing devices, a series of intermediate devices between the individual dis ensing devices and said movable part, and individual means for detachably connecting said intermediate devices with said part whereby the movement of such part ma be caused to operate any selected intermei iate connection, means for operating the movable part and a series .of keys corresponding to the syrup holders and cooperating with means for moving the movable art and also cooperating with the intermei iate devices between such movable art and the dispensing devices, substantial y as set forth,

10. The combination with'a series of syrup holders, individual dis ensing devices for the.

respective syrup hol ers, a movable part common to the several dispensing devices, a series of operating bars engaging with their res ective dispensing devices, means for detac iably connectin said bars with the movable part, electrica' ly operated devices for 'moving the movable part, and manually'olperated circuit closing keys for actuating t means for connecting the movable part with their respective operating ibars, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination in a soda fountain with syrup jars and dispensing devices therefor, of operating bars for their respective dispensing devices, a frame common to a series of said bars, a bar having a bead, a slide in the frame and 'movable longitudinally into and out of engagement with the operating bar and having a roller adapted to o erate on one side of the head when the Sll( e is engaged with its operating bar and on theother side of said head when the slide is out of such engagement, and means for operating the slide to set its roller to one or the other side of the bead, substantially as described.

12. The combination with the series of syrup jars and their individual dispensing devices, of bars for operating their respective dispensing devices, a frame common to the series of said bars, a series of slides for connecting the frame withtheirrespective bars, means for shifting the slides into en agenient with their bars, and means for he dmg the slides in such engagement when so shifted during the subsequent o eration of the frame, substantially as set fortii. i

13. The combination of the series of syrup jars havin individual dispensing devices and a series of ars operating their respective disensing devices, a movable frame common to the bars of the series, slides in the frame and movable into and out of engagement with their respective bars, push blocks for moving the slides into engagement with their bars, electricallyoperated devices including a circuit having terminals ,corres ending to the several dispensing devices,v a ey for closing said circuit, and yielding connections between the key and the ush block whereb 5 the key may be 0 erated to adjust the pus block to set the s ide into engagement with its respective operating barand then said key may be given a further movement to close the corresponding circuit, substantially front plate, a retaining strip fitting over the upper side of the neck and having at its innerside a rib or head cntermg the "groove therein, and means for holding the said retaining combined with a jar having a nee stri from displacement, substantially as set fort 1.

15. In a fountain a front plate having an opening for a jar neck combined with the jar having a neck projectin forwardly throu h such opening and provi ed in advance of t e front plate with a groove in its outer side, a retainlng strip having a portion entering such groove, and means for preventing the displacement of such retaining strip, substantially as set forth. I

16. A front plate havin an opening for a I jar neck and a shelf at the ower ed e of said opening and provided with an upri 1t flange,

ing through said opening and provided in ad- ,vanee of the front plate with a groove, and a cushioning cylinders and rovide provided wit 1 retainin stri entering the said groove and lugs or portionsfengaging in the rear of the upright flange of the shelf, substantially as set forth.

17. 'lhe combination in a soda fountain with a series of syrup iars having individual dispensing devices, a rame common to the series of dispensing devices, individual means for-operating their respective dispensing devices, lneansfor detac ably connecting said individual means with the frame, magnets, cushioning cylinders alined with Ithe magnets and in fixed relation thereto, armatures operating in connection with'the magnets and having frames extendin past the E with pistons operating in the cu iioning cylinders,

substantially as and. for the proj ectsaid armatures being connected with the frame common to the series of dispensing devices, and guides for the armatureframes, ur ose set forth. v p i 18. The combination of a series of syrup jars having individual dispensing devices, ma nets at the opposite ends of said series, am havin armatures, a frame common to the severe dispensing devices and extending below the same and connected with the armatures at the opposite ends of the series of jars, individual operating bars for the several dispensing devices, means for detachably connecting the said bars with the frame vices, and a front plate of glass below the f same, of electricall operated means in rear of the glass where y to o erate the syrup dispensing devices, and pus 1 buttons cxtem ing through the glass for actuating said] means, theq'lass supporting and guiding the buttons and exposing to view the operating means 1n rear of sa d glass substantially as set forth.

fIAMPTON K. SMITH.

Witnesses: i

. SOLON C. KEMON,

PERRY B. TURPIN. 

